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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 15 January 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 10 January 2018Graded inspection: Good · as St Edmund Campion Catholic School & Sixth Form Centre, URN 103537
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry770 applications · 215 places offered · 214 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 3.6; Birmingham median median 4.2
- 2025 4.0; Birmingham median median 4.3
- 2024 3.7; Birmingham median median 4.0
- 2023 4.3; Birmingham median median 4.1
- 2022 4.1; Birmingham median median 4.5
- 2021 3.7; Birmingham median median 4.3
- 2020 3.9; Birmingham median median 4.8
- 2019 3.8; Birmingham median median 4.8; as the previous school
- 2018 3.7; Birmingham median median 4.6; as the previous school
- 2017 3.2; Birmingham median median 4.5; as the previous school
- 2016 2.8; Birmingham median median 3.8; as the previous school
- 2015 2.9; Birmingham median median 3.6; as the previous school
- 2014 2.7; Birmingham median median 3.5; as the previous school
- This school
- Birmingham median
Dashed bars: as St Edmund Campion Catholic School & Sixth Form Centre (URN 103537), the previous school.
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How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 215 | 770 | 3.6 | 214 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 212 | 840 | 4.0 | 242 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2024 | 215 | 802 | 3.7 | 241 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2023 | 201 | 859 | 4.3 | 236 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2022 | 201 | 829 | 4.1 | 239 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2021 | 201 | 734 | 3.7 | 190 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2020 | 201 | 786 | 3.9 | 179 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2019 * | 182 | 686 | 3.8 | 158 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2018 * | 185 | 676 | 3.7 | 146 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2017 * | 185 | 592 | 3.2 | 143 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2016 * | 185 | 523 | 2.8 | 168 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2015 * | 186 | 531 | 2.9 | 161 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2014 * | 186 | 500 | 2.7 | 133 | 0.72 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 194 | 41.1 | 33% | 50% | – |
| 2024/25 | 201 | 45.8 | 38% | 62% | – |
| 2023/24 | 201 | 47.5 | 46% | 65% | +0.29 |
| 2022/23 | 181 | 40.5 | 26% | 50% | −0.21 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St Edmund Campion Catholic SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20253.6applications per place 41.1Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · BirminghamGood20234.2applications per place 40.4Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · BirminghamRemains Good20234.0applications per place 47.8Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · BirminghamStandards maintained20257.2applications per place 54.8Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · BirminghamGood20226.1applications per place 80.5Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.2 km · Birmingham20264.6applications per place 50.0Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · BirminghamStandards maintained20256.2applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · Birmingham20262.4applications per place 44.2Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · Birmingham20253.4applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 147707 · 330/4663
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 1,043 pupils · 1,158 on roll
- Free school meals
- 40.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 February 2020
- Replaced
- St Edmund Campion Catholic School & Sixth Form Centre (URN 103537)
- Address
- Sutton Road, Erdington, Birmingham, B23 5XA
- Local authority
- Birmingham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources